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Mnangagwa crackdown shows no signs of abetting
The Zimbabwe government's crackdown on critics ahead of Saturday's SADC summit showed no signs of abetting as more than a dozen activists were detained on Thursday and Friday, lawyers said.The...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 17:00hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
The Ngungumbane Chieftaincy of Mpateni
Today we look at the Ndebele community of Chief Ngungumbane which was relocated to Mberengwa in the late 1920s. Their migration story is similar to that of the Chief Gwebu community of Buhera....Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:30hrs | 9 | by Mzala Tom
Chamisa's councillors blame Mnangagwa's govt, ZETDC for Bulawayo water woes
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors in Bulawayo have blamed the government and Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for the ongoing water crisis in the city. ...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Jitters over Gwai-Shangani Dam relocations
A MATABELELAND based human rights group has accused government of dithering on plans to relocate hundreds of villagers in Lubimbi, Binga in Matabeleland North to pave way for the Gwayi-Shangani Dam....Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt turns to Treasury bills, bonds
THE cash-strapped government is likely to print money to finance its $575,5 billion budget deficit, economic analysts warned yesterday after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced next year's $4,5 tr...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Power Station design awaits finalisation
THE design of the 10MW Hydro Power Station to be constructed at Lake Gwayi-Shangani will be finalised this month while a treatment plant that will process water from the dam for Bulawayo residents wil...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will regret the day he appointed Mangudya, Mthuli Ncube,' says Biti
Former Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said the move by the Reserve Bank to introduce a ZW$100 note is ill advised and a waste of time.Biti said the fact that the note can not buy an...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang leader shot dead by police
A MACHETE gang leader was fatally shot by police in Bindura after the gang attacked detectives who had come to rescue mine workers it had kidnapped and assaulted over a mining dispute.The inci...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machete ringleader killed in police shootout
AN alleged ringleader of illegal gold miners, Claudius Tavazera (21) was on Friday gunned down by the police in a shootout in Bindura.In a statement yesterday, police said Tavazera was on thei...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to create economic zones in Matebeleland North
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to create more economic zones in Matebeleland North province to capitalise on investment opportunities that would benefit the area.Mnangagwa made the ...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boot out incompetent opposition, says Mnangagwa
INEPT councillors and National Assembly members from the opposition have led to the decay in the capital over the past 20 years and must be booted out to improve service delivery, President Mnang...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC violence a threat to national peace
TIME and again many have inked articles articulating how the MDC-Alliance is wired in violence, with the streak running so deep that removing it simply means an end to the political outfit that was fo...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Zimbabwe shall rise again
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, in his message during Zimbabwe's 38th Independence celebrations, months after the coup that removed long-serving leader Robert Mugabe and a few months before his election as ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:54hrs | 2 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa moves to douse Chilonga flames
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed that no villagers should be displaced by an irrigation project to be implemented by government in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi. Last month, the State...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at the Gwayi-Shangani water pipeline groundbreaking c...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
45 police officers challenge detention
FORTY-FIVE suspended police officers have approached the High Court seeking an order to be released from Chikurubi Detention Barracks (DB) where they have been committed since January 4.The of...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe de-registers three lawyers
THREE Harare lawyers have been struck off the roll of legal practitioners for failure to disclose their past criminal convictions involving corruption and fraud, the Law Society of Zimbabwe has said....Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt prioritises infrastructure development
The Second Republic has adopted a deliberate strategy to channel more resources towards speeding up key infrastructural development projects such as dam construction in order to ensure food security, ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man sets girlfriend on fire, jailed for life
A 40-year-old man from Gutu who doused his lover with petrol for dumping him was on Thursday condemned to life imprisonment by the Masvingo High Court. Liverson Mukubwa of Gwangwai Village und...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Utilise, develop resources sustainably, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says it is the duty of every Zimbabwean to protect, utilise and develop the country's resources in a sustainable manner.Speaking during a National Clean-up Day hel...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 14:11hrs | | by Letty Mabhena
Walsh premiership side donates to Tsholotsho team
IT'S AN awful long way from Mid Wales to northern Zimbabwe – but now in a small corner of this southern African country there's a village football team with a stronger connection to Powys than most....Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farm worker loots boss' property
A GWAI farmer has dragged his employee to court for stealing household and farm property worth $3 370.This was heard yesterday when Alpha Mhlanga (33) of Chinwara Village 4 appeared before Hwa...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
$8 billion for water infrastructure
Zimbabwe requires about US$8 billion to construct 37 major water infrastructure facilities, including dams and water purification structures to meet the increasing demands of the growing urban populat...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporer
Law Society bars 40 lawyers from practising
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has barred 40 lawyers from practising this year for various reasons, with the majority, 27, coming from Harare.Most of the lawyers listed do not have practisi...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The untold story of ZAPU and the late VP Nkomo
LAST week, Comrade Bulukani Masola (born 13/05/1959) ,whose Chimurenga name was Peter Scotch narrated how Rhodesian forces machine-gunned 226 ZIPRA comrades at Freedom Camp in Zambia during the libera...Published: 13 May 2018 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on economic saboteurs
President Mnangagwa has declared war on economic saboteurs, lethargic public officers and arms of State, warning individuals and entities that continue to impede Government efforts to grow the economy...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will rise again' - Mnangagwa's independence speech in full
Address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, His Excellency Comrade E.D. Mnangagwa, on Zimbabwe's 38th Independence Celebrations, 18th Ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Bus firm ordered to pay accident victim's wife $60k compensation
THE High Court has ordered a luxury bus company Pathfinder to pay $60 000 compensation to a woman who lost her husband in an accident which occurred along Harare-Bulawayo highway near Shangani in 2013...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Small house defrauds man of $1 260
A MAN from Gweru was defrauded of $1 260 by his girlfriend who masqueraded as his second wife to access payment after his vehicle was hired for the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise....Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jostling to see Mnangagwa's 'dhomocracy'?
What's wrong with Emmerson Mnangagwa's 'democracy', that it fails to elicit even the most suspended of curiosities from Diasporans, that it commands the most reprimanding rejection from the ever-suffe...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:39hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Tsvangirai biltong tweet receives backlash
Zimbabwe’s veteran opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's supporters responded negatively to a twitter post which asked: "Why is Tsvangirai looking like Biltong."...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 19:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Is this Chiwenga's wife dancing?
Is this Mary Chiwenga, wife of ZDF Commander, General Chiwenga. Watch Mary, wife to ZDF Commander, General Chiwenga, dance t...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Democracy is that simple, really! Mnangagwa must win his own election
When you are unelectable, you seek power via coups or acts of intimidation and threats. You also seek to vandalise an order (however imperfect) so you can ride on the back of violence or undemocratic ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
In this hour of truth, let us be reminded the enemy is not just Mugabe
All of them - all of the above - have are responsible for building this people-eating monster called Zanu-PF, together with Mugabe. And all of them, are not just directly implicated in Gukurahundi gen...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 12:31hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Innscor considers share buy-back
Innscor Africa Limited directors seek shareholders' approval to purchase its own shares listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange at the next Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month.Innscor will h...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Takudzwa Chiwara
Matabeleland North - Phase 2 Voter Registration Centres
Constituency Ward Registration CentreLupane East 10 Lupaka Primary SchoolLupane East 10 Matshakayile Primary SchoolLupane East 10 Khatshana Primary SchoolLupane East 10 Janjanja - ...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 13:22hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
More lawyers deregistered
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has over the years deregistered 29 lawyers while it is probing 14 others over alleged misconduct, the organisation's latest report revealed.According to the A...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
This is Zimbabwe, We should back Strive Masiyiwa
Children of Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana and King Lobengula Khumalo can you hear the new Zimbabwe echo from rock to rock and shrub to shrub in the wet and weathered hills and ridges and slippery slopes ...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 07:49hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Man dies at deliverance session
A MAN (26) from Mbizo Suburb in Kwekwe allegedly teamed up with his wife and brother-in-law to kill his mother-in-law (53) by pulling out her tooth which they claimed she used to bewitch people....Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man pulls out 'witch' mother-in-law's tooth, kills her
A MAN (26) from Mbizo Suburb in Kwekwe allegedly teamed up with his wife and brother-in-law to kill his mother-in-law (53) by pulling out her tooth which they claimed she used to bewitch people....Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
84-year-old 'rapes' 10-year-old
AN 84-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru has appeared in court for allegedly raping his former tenant's 10-year-old daughter and giving her a $1.Forward Akundila appeared before Gweru Magistrate Mr Musai...Published: 12 May 2017 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (16) trottled, raped by friend
A 27-YEAR-OLD Gweru man has appeared for courts for allegedly slapping, throttling and raping a 16-year-old girl who had visited him.Wellington Makami who resides at Mkoba 16 in Gweru, appeare...Published: 08 May 2017 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man hangs self over 'mysterious knock on his door'
A 26-YEAR-OLD Marondera man allegedly stormed out of his bedroom hut at night and hung himself in the kitchen hut last week after accusing his wife of sending her boyfriend to knock on his bedroom...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trio 'swallow' diamonds
THREE diamond sorters allegedly swallowed pieces of diamonds at 3am while on duty at the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) in Chiadzwa last week.The trio, Pfu...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Getting rid of the name 'Zimbabwe' is a panacea!
What's in a name, you may ask rhetorically? Well, everything! And in the particular context of present-day Zimbabwe, totally everything! Get rid of that name and you have all but solved all th...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 13:47hrs | 4 | by Michael Jamela
First safari operator opens in Gonarezhou
The Lowveld Wanderer, the first ever safari operator in Gonarezhou National Park Chiredzi has opened shop and the development is bound to bring with itan increase in tourism with 400 arrivals havi...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
A Mthwakazi's New Year Message: A Grief that must inspire grit!
By the time this article is flighted, Shonaist and Gukurahundist Zimbabwe's political parties - all Shonaist-led - will have probably put out a 'New Year's' message of one form or another, celebrating...Published: 01 Jan 2017 at 00:55hrs | 1 | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
There is no 'secessionist' Mthwakazi, only a 'restorationist' one!
There are no 'secessionist' political organization or political parties in Mthwakazi.There are only 'RESTORATIONIST' political organizations and political parties of Mthwakazi.Those political ...Published: 29 Dec 2016 at 18:05hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Fresh turmoil hits Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF factions are squabbling over a proposal from five provinces to re-admit members who were expelled from the party as well as rescinding the suspensions of those cadres who were sidelined from p...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trio held for torched house
THREE people including a 16-year-old boy from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly torching a house in which the teenager's uncle was sleeping.Teddias Sibanda (18), Mhlanguli Sigandula (2...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:28hrs | | by Andile Tshuma
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